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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 22/03/19 10:37, Ewen Hill wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">Re vision impaired users. Is this where <a
href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:railway%3Dplatform_edge"
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could be useful and whilst there is no route, ot may assist...
or hinder as it may not be rendered.</div>
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They do have those ripple strips/buttons that you can sense under
your feet.. <br>
Arr OSM tactile_paving=*
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:tactile_paving">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:tactile_paving</a><br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 22 Mar 2019, 9:43 AM
Warin <<a href="mailto:61sundowner@gmail.com"
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21/03/19 22:30, Sebastian S. wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"> If you believe Wikipedia <a
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_railway_station%2C_Sydney"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_railway_station%2C_Sydney</a><br>
The stations name is 'Central railway station' but it goes
by many colloquial names.<br>
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I don't like the way the platforms are named currently.
"Platform 8+9 (8;9)" is surely not the name on the
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Depends on what 'sign board' you look at as to the platform
presentation. <br>
The electronic sign boards at the station entry show a
single platform number, along with when the train leaves and
the stops. <br>
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The fixed platform entry signs show the pair of platforms
that the entry accesses. <br>
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Some of the Australian platforms are split, some are paired.
I prefer split myself. But I am not making it a task for
myself. <br>
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<blockquote type="cite">I am in favour of splitting the
platforms to have each number just called "Platform $".
Maybe you can also indicated on which side 8 and 9 is in
relation to a path which you would walk into the platform.<br>
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If the platforms are split that should give the user the
required indication. <br>
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Maybe name:left=Platform 8 makes sense?<br>
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Left and right depend on what direction you approach the
platforms, at Central you can approach lots of the platform
pairs from ether direction.<br>
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<blockquote type="cite">Another question I have is how would
you route a blind person to and onto the platform when
there is no way?<br>
What about segment indicators. I have not been to central
station but I assume for long trains there are segment
indicators along the platform for passengers to find they
carriages quicker. Are you planning to mapping these?<br>
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I have no plans to map these. I don't know if there is a
defined way to map them. Do you ? If so you might give a
link for those interested. <br>
<blockquote type="cite">Have you looked at other train
station in OSM?<br>
I suggest to have a look at <br>
Hamburg <a
href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=53.552778&mlon=10.006389&zoom=15#map=18/53.55274/10.00677"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=53.552778&mlon=10.006389&zoom=15#map=18/53.55274/10.00677</a><br>
Or Cologne <a
href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/50.94319/6.95853"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/50.94319/6.95853</a><br>
Or Paris Gare du Nord <a
href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/48.88156/2.35623"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/48.88156/2.35623</a><br>
Or London Kings Cross <a
href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/51.53194/-0.12326"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=18/51.53194/-0.12326</a><br>
Regards Sebastian<br>
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Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse
my brevity.<br>
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Looking at Central Station, Sydney, the platform
names are things like 'Platform 4+5'. (<a
href="https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/6015392"
id="m_-8201647765259857974LPNoLP265718"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/6015392</a>)</div>
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From my reading of <a
href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag%3Apublic_transport%3Dplatform"
id="m_-8201647765259857974LPNoLP362716"
target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag%3Apublic_transport%3Dplatform</a>,
this should be </div>
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the name of the station , so in this case that would
be either Central or Central Station, with the
platform numbers as the ref tag (which is already
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1) First of all, is my understanding correct? It
should be the station name.</div>
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2) Secondly, should the name be Central or Central
Station (assuming 1 is correct)?</div>
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